[gentoo-user] Anyone running gnome on ~amd64?

[gentoo-user] Anyone running gnome on ~amd64?

[walt]

I'm asking because gnome is working perfectly on my ~x86 machine
but not on my ~amd64.

The problem is that gnome-settings-daemon and pulse audio are
crashing during startup, i.e. they appear as defunct processes
once gnome is up and running.

It's a bit like the bug a few months ago where the "gnome-settings-
daemon restarted too many times" error message popped up, but this
time there are no error messages anywhere.

Another odd thing is that I can't use Ctrl-C to kill any processes
that I start from an xterm.

Anyone else having similar problems?

Thanks.

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone running gnome on ~amd64?

[Paul Hartman]

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:51 PM, walt <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm asking because gnome is working perfectly on my ~x86 machine
> but not on my ~amd64.
>
> The problem is that gnome-settings-daemon and pulse audio are
> crashing during startup, i.e. they appear as defunct processes
> once gnome is up and running.
>
> It's a bit like the bug a few months ago where the "gnome-settings-
> daemon restarted too many times" error message popped up, but this
> time there are no error messages anywhere.
>
> Another odd thing is that I can't use Ctrl-C to kill any processes
> that I start from an xterm.
>
> Anyone else having similar problems?
>
> Thanks.

I had the same problem. In my case it was caused by
x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.35  and changing to a different version
fixed it. Maybe you should check to see if you are using this version,
or try a different version (older/newer)... if you're not using
nvidia-drviers at all, then I have no idea what to say except "good
luck" :)

Re: [gentoo-user] Anyone running gnome on ~amd64?

[Ivan Kanakarakis]

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I use Gnome on ~amd64 and everything is working fine.
I don't use pulse audio, just alsa.

I also had those issues with x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.35 as Paul said.
Other than that I can't think of something right now.
Are all packages well? `revdep-rebuild` returns no problems ?


2009/5/1 Paul Hartman
<paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com<paul.hartman%2Bgentoo@gmail.com>
>

> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:51 PM, walt <w41ter@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm asking because gnome is working perfectly on my ~x86 machine
> > but not on my ~amd64.
> >
> > The problem is that gnome-settings-daemon and pulse audio are
> > crashing during startup, i.e. they appear as defunct processes
> > once gnome is up and running.
> >
> > It's a bit like the bug a few months ago where the "gnome-settings-
> > daemon restarted too many times" error message popped up, but this
> > time there are no error messages anywhere.
> >
> > Another odd thing is that I can't use Ctrl-C to kill any processes
> > that I start from an xterm.
> >
> > Anyone else having similar problems?
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> I had the same problem. In my case it was caused by
> x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.35  and changing to a different version
> fixed it. Maybe you should check to see if you are using this version,
> or try a different version (older/newer)... if you're not using
> nvidia-drviers at all, then I have no idea what to say except "good
> luck" :)
>
>

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[gentoo-user] Re: Anyone running gnome on ~amd64?

[walt]

Ivan Kanakarakis wrote:
> I use Gnome on ~amd64 and everything is working fine.
> I don't use pulse audio, just alsa.
>
> I also had those issues with x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.35 as Paul said.
> Other than that I can't think of something right now...

That was the problem, thanks guys!  I can't imagine how nvidia-drivers
caused the gnome-settings problem, but it did.

Now that I know that both of you run ~amd64, could I trouble you to
take a look at a question I'm about to post concerning 'nanosleep'?

Thanks again.